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I thought I would do something a bit different for my first Friday post.  To that end, I’m not going to talk about the changes coming to the website.  There will be plenty of time for that in the days and weeks to come. I don’t think I’ve made any secret of the fact that editing is not my favorite thing in the world.  In fact, at one time, nailing my fingers with a hammer actually ranked higher in my list of things to do than editing.  That’s what makes my next revelation so amazing:  I don’t hate editing as much as I thought I did. OK, maybe amazing is a bit of a stretch, but sometimes you just have to […]

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As you all know by now, there are going to be some changes to the site.  One of those changes is my posting day; I will begin posting on Fridays starting this week. You may be asking yourself, “Why the heck is he posting today then?” Simply put, I didn’t want to leave you, the reader, in a lurch.  If you came to StartingWriteNow today expecting to see a post, I didn’t want you to wonder what was going on. Now you know. See you tomorrow.

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Well, I managed to complete the 30-in-30 personal challenge last week and it was everything I had hoped it would be.  Before I spend any time talking about the lessons I learned on this, let’s have a quick recap of the 30 days: February 19:     Title:  The Exhibit  (946) February 20:     Title:  The Blood Red Moon  (759) February 21:     Title:  Politics  (6) February 22:     Title:  The Story  (6)  February 23:     nothing… final edits on my book and packaging February 24:     Title:  Conscription  (1,189) February 25:     Title:  The Old Boys Club  (767) February 26:     Title:  To be a God  (1,064) February 27:     Title:  The Grunts Have It  (256) February 28:     Title:  A Disturbing Trend  (978)  February 29:     Title:  Responsibilty  (16) March 1:           Title:  The Power of Can’t  (501) March 2:           Title:  Explosion  (6) March 3:           Title:  Of Men and Mermaids  (1,387) March 4:           Title:  Our […]

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I’m not afraid to say it:  I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.  But at the same time, I’m also rejoicing in the fact that I’m sick.  Maybe that just goes to show how really unwell I am. Seriously though, feeling like crap and not sleeping has given me story ideas.  In fact, when I told one of the stories I had thought of, my wife laughed out loud.  Since that was the intended outcome I thought that was a good thing. It has also given me more insight into what it means to be sick.  We’ve all been there, I expect, but as soon as we are well again, all is forgotten.  But what about those people who are […]

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